BUYINS.NET: AN, SYX, TWP, BARE, DDUP, HPCCP Have Been On BUYINS.NET Naked Short List For 13 Consecutive Trading Days

Aug 27, 2008 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- TWP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today that these select companies have been on the NASDAQ, AMEX and NYSE naked short threshold list for 13 consecutive trading days: AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN), Systemax Inc. (NYSE: SYX), Trex Company Inc. (NYSE: TWP), Bare Escentuals Inc. (NASDAQ: BARE), Data Domain Inc. (NASDAQ: DDUP), Huntington Preferred Capital Inc. Preferred (NASDAQ: HPCCP). For a complete list of companies on the naked short list please visit our web site. To find the SqueezeTrigger Price before a short squeeze starts in any stock, go to www.buyins.net.

Regulation SHO took effect January 3, 2005, and provides a new regulatory framework governing short selling of securities. It was designed with the objective of simplifying and modernizing short sale regulation and providing controls where they are most needed. At the conclusion of each settlement day, data is provided on securities in which: 1) there are at least 10,000 shares in aggregate failed deliveries for the security for five consecutive settlement days, and 2) these failures constitute at least 0.5% of the issuer's total shares outstanding. Regulation SHO mandates that, if a clearing agent has had a fail-to-deliver position for 13 consecutive settlement days, that clearing agent, and the broker/dealer it clears for, must purchase securities to close out its fail to deliver position.

AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) through its subsidiaries, operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. It offers a range of automotive products and services, including new vehicles, used vehicles, vehicle maintenance and repair services, vehicle parts, extended service contracts, vehicle protection products, and other aftermarket products. The company also arranges financing for vehicle purchases through third-party finance sources. In addition, it offer various vehicle protection products, including extended service contracts, maintenance programs, guaranteed auto protection, ?tire and wheel' protection, and theft protection products. The brands of vehicles that the company sells include Ford, General Motors, Daimler, Chrysler, Toyota, Nissan, Honda, and BMW. As of December 31, 2007, it owned and operated 322 new vehicle franchises from 244 dealerships located in major metropolitan markets, primarily in the Sunbelt region of the United States. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. With 178.54 million shares outstanding and 37.5 million shares declared short as of July 2008, the failure to deliver in shares of AN has not been resolved and a buy-in is imminent. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 14,320 shares of AN that were failing-to-deliver as of September 28, 2007.

Systemax Inc. (NYSE: SYX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and its subsidiaries operate as a direct marketer of brand name and private label products in North America and Europe. It operates in three segments: Technology Products, Industrial Products, and Hosted Software. The Technology Products segment sells computers, computer supplies, and consumer electronics. Its products include personal computers (PCs), notebook computers, laser printer toner cartridges and ink jet printer cartridges, flash memory, recordable disks, magnetic tape cartridges, hard disks, CD-ROM and digital versatile disc (DVD) drives, printers, scanners, memory upgrades, data communication and networking equipment, monitors, digital cameras, plasma and liquid crystal display TVs, MP3 and DVD players, PDAs, and packaged software. This segment also assembles its PCs and sells under the Systemax and Ultra names, as well as markets and sells computers manufactured by other companies. The Industrial Products segment sells various material handling equipment, storage equipment, and consumable industrial items. Its products include wire and metal shelving, bins, and lockers; hand carts, pallet jacks and hand trucks; ladders, furniture, small office machines, and related supplies; and first aid items, safety items, protective clothing, and OSHA compliance items. The Hosted Software segment markets PCS ProfitCenter Software, a Web-based application, which delivers on-demand service over the Internet. Its product helps companies automate and manage the customer life-cycle across multiple sales channels. The company's customers include for-profit businesses, educational organizations and government entities, and individual consumers. It markets its products through multiple channels, utilizing relationship marketers, e-commerce Web sites, mailed catalogues, and retail outlet stores. Systemax was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Port Washington, New York. With 36.63 million shares outstanding and 4.97 million shares declared short as of July 2008, the failure to deliver in shares of SYX has not been resolved and a buy-in is imminent. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 117,190 shares of SYX that were failing-to-deliver as of September 28, 2007.

Trex Company Inc. (NYSE: TWP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) manufactures and distributes wood/plastic composite products primarily for residential and commercial decking and railing applications in the United States and Canada. It offers wood-alternative decking, railing, fencing, and trim products under the brand name Trex. The company provides various decking product lines, such as Trex Contours that has a wooden grain surface; Trex Origins, which possess a smooth surface; Trex Accents that offers a smooth surface on one side and subtle wood grain on the other; and Trex Brasilia, which has a smooth surface and subtle random color variations. Its railing product line includes Trex Designer Series Railing, which consists of a decorative top and bottom rail, refined balusters, and post caps and skirts; and Trex Artisan Series Railing for use with Trex decking products, as well as other decking materials. The company's fencing product line comprises Trex Seclusions that consists of structural posts, bottom rail, interlocking pickets, top rail, and decorative post caps. It sells its products through wholesale distributors, retail lumber dealers, retail building material dealers, and retail stores to consumers, home builders, and contractors. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Winchester, Virginia. With 15.18 million shares outstanding and 5.05 million shares declared short as of July 2008, the failure to deliver in shares of TWP has not been resolved and a buy-in is imminent. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 120,490 shares of TWP that were failing-to-deliver as of September 28, 2007.

Bare Escentuals Inc. (NASDAQ: BARE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, marketing, and sale of cosmetics, skin care and body care products, and professional skin care products for women worldwide. The company's cosmetics products include foundation products, as well as various eye, cheek, and face products, such as blushes, all-over-face colors, liner shadows, eye shadows, and glimmers; and an assortment of fashionable color cosmetics and accessories, including finishing powders, prep-products, lipsticks, lip glosses, lip liners, mascaras, and application tools and brushes. Its skin care products comprise nighttime skin treatment, facial cleanser, and acne treatment products. Bare Escentuals also retails cleansers, corrective treatments, antioxidant moisturizers, and sun protectors, as well as a line of professional-use-only products for use by aestheticians, such as glycolic peels to complement the consumer retail line. It sells its products through various distribution channels consisting of infomercials, home shopping television, premium wholesale, company-owned boutiques, spas and salons, and online shopping. Bare Escentuals offers its products under various brand names, including the bareMinerals, bareVitamins, md formulations, RareMinerals, and Bare Escentuals. The company, formerly known as STB Beauty, Inc., was founded in 1976 and changed its name to Bare Escentuals, Inc. in 2006. Bare Escentuals, Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco, California. With 91.34 million shares outstanding and 19.82 million shares declared short as of July 2008, the failure to deliver in shares of BARE has not been resolved and a buy-in is imminent. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 12,688 shares of BARE that were failing-to-deliver as of September 20, 2007.

Data Domain Inc. (NASDAQ: DDUP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) provides deduplication storage appliances for disk-based backup, archiving, and network-based disaster recovery. The company's appliances reduce the storage of redundant copies of data within enterprises. It also offers Replicator software, which allows enterprises to utilize wide area network vaulting for offsite disaster protection and recovery; and a capacity-optimized Virtual Tape Library software option that emulates multiple tape libraries over a fiber channel interface, as well as integrates with an enterprise's existing backup infrastructure. Its products integrate into existing customer infrastructures, and are compatible with enterprise backup software products. The company sells its appliances through a network of channel partners and direct sales force worldwide. It serves industries, including defense, education, entertainment, finance, government, healthcare, technology, legal, media, and retail. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. With 58.06 million shares outstanding and 11.09 million shares declared short as of July 2008, the failure to deliver in shares of DDUP has not been resolved and a buy-in is imminent. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 19,211 shares of DDUP that were failing-to-deliver as of September 14, 2007.

Huntington Preferred Capital Inc. Preferred (NASDAQ: HPCCP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) operates as a real estate investment trust in the United States. The company owns participation interests in unsecured commercial loans and commercial loans secured by non-real property, such as industrial equipment, livestock, furniture and fixtures, and inventory. It also owns participation interests in unsecured commercial loans and commercial loans secured by real property, including office buildings, multi-family properties, family residences, industrial, warehouse, and self-storage properties, office and industrial condominiums, retail space, strip shopping centers, mixed use commercial properties, mobile home parks, nursing homes, hotels and motels, churches, and farms. In addition, it owns participation interests in consumer loans, primarily secured by mortgage on the borrower's primary residence for home improvements, acquisition of furniture and fixtures, and debt consolidation. Further, it owns participation interests in adjustable rate, fixed rate, conforming, and nonconforming residential real estate loans. The company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (REIT) under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes, if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. The company was founded in 1992 and is based in Columbus, Ohio. With 14.00 million shares outstanding and 3,500 shares declared short as of July 2008, the failure to deliver in shares of HPCCP has not been resolved and a buy-in is imminent.

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